Green Your Clutter

Who ever thought that gutting out your space could make you greener? It seems that simplifying your life and clearing out the clutter can be a greening experience. By implementing simple lifestyle changes such as saying no to junk mail, using the library more for reading vs. buying books and simplifying grocery shopping to reduce waste are all great ideas.

Once you get in your home and see now what needs to be cleared out can be a daunting experience. Here are some simple ways to keep you focused for your road to liberation.

Get your boxes ready

Make sure that you have plenty of space to put the things that you are ready to get rid of. Go to your local grocery or liquor store and get their old boxes. They usually have them sitting outside or go to a clerk and ask them if they have anything in the back that you can use for your new liberation.

Recycle, donate, keep

When you are clearing out the crap make sure that you are prepared with your piles and make sure not to confuse any of them! Separate your piles into the recycle or toss pile, donation pile and your keep pile. This allows for you to just throw your items where they belong and to move on. For the recycling pile, not everything can be recycled. What you can move on to a recycling bin is preferred, but what you absolutely cant toss it!

Move on!

As hard as it may be parting with some of your items, know that not only are you doing well for yourself and your mind, but you are also doing well for your planet. By cutting the clutter and donating what is not used you are allowing for new space, new things, new ideas. But more importantly you are living hopefully a simpler life. By living this way you actually are reducing your carbon footprint in the fact that you are taking up less space (reduce), letting others use what you don’t need (reuse) and moving on the parts that you don’t need to better places (recycle)